28954 Private Caleb March of the 2/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 7th September 1917. He had previously served with the Worcestershire regiment (number 31102). Caleb was born in Evesham, was living in Bengeworth and enlisted at Pershore (all Worcestershire locations).
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his name as Caleb Valentine (Tony) March and notes that he was 18 years old, the son of Allen and A X March, of 303 Bridge Street, Evesham. He is buried in Oxford Road Cemetery in Ypres.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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